Quick Shot

Webster Kehoe and Nate Morse were named 2017 Scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, this country’s most-prestigious science competition for high school seniors. Kehoe, shown above right with advisor and program director Stephen Craxton, is a student at Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School. Morse, shown below left with advisor Mark Guardalben, is a student at Allendale Columbia School. Only 300 students are selected as scholars (previously identified as semifinalists) from over 1,700 entrants and will receive $2,000, with an additional $2,000 to their school. Forty of the scholars will be named as finalists on 24 January and will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, DC for the final judging from 9–15 March to compete for the top prize of $250,000. Since its inception in 1989, LLE’s Summer High School Research Program has produced 34 scholars, including 4 finalists. LLE’s program has had 353 participants, 127 of whom have received degrees beyond their undergraduate work. Application forms for the 2017 program will be available in early February on the LLE web site.